Election day was a very exciting day for everyone. People all around the community were excited and nervous about what was going to become of our country and our community. Many different businesses made enticing deals to try to persuade customers to vote. Ben and Jerry's offered a free ice cream to any customer who had voted. Many other businesses joined in including, Chic-fil-A, Krispy Kreme as well as Starbucks.
For my "political engagement". I decided to go to Starbucks for my free coffee. The idea was that you were supposed to walk into Starbucks and tell the barista that you had voted, and then she would give you a free coffee. I walked in, told the barista that I voted and received my free coffee. I was able to talk to a few customer in Starbucks about their opinion on the election. I found that most of the costumers were excited for the change that the country would be seeing.
I thought it was great that these different companies were trying to entice people in the community to vote. However, shouldn't these costumers WANT to vote? Why should they be bribed with a free coffee, ice cream or donut? People should want to vote for the sake of contributing politically to their country.
I was excited about getting my coffee for free. I'm sure other costumers were as well, I just hope they were for the right reasons.
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